Roger Waters: Us + Them is a 2019 British concert film and live album by English musician Roger Waters, founding member of Pink Floyd. The film was directed by Waters and Sean Evans, and it captures a truncated performance from Waters' 2017–18 live tour. This is the second film where both Waters and Evans are involved. Their first collaboration film was Roger Waters: The Wall.
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| Written by | Roger Waters |
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| Cinematography | Brett Turnbull |
| Edited by | Katharine McQuerrey |
| Music by | Roger Waters |
| Distributed by | Us + Them Production Limited |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The film features songs from Pink Floyd albums and Waters' last album, Is This the Life We Really Want?.[1] It also featured across the four shows from the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam.[2] The film starts focusing Roger Waters, Dave Kilminster, Jon Carin, Jonathan Wilson, Joey Waronker, Gus Seyffert, Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe from the band Lucius, Bo Koster, and Ian Ritchie.[1]
The cinema release of the film was accompanied by a documentary titled A Fleeting Glimpse, capturing behind the scenes footage of the band rehearsing, performing sound-checks before shows and the aftermath of performances. Before its theatrical release, the film premiered on 7 September 2019 at Venice Film Festival.[3] The film released in theaters across the world on 2 and 6 October in 2019.[4]
In May 2020, it was announced that the film would be getting a digital release,[5] starting with YouTube on 16 June, and followed by Blu-ray, DVD, 3-LP and 2-CD set on 2 October, including as an extra, the songs Smell the Roses & Comfortably Numb on the DVD and Blu-Ray.[6]
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| Live album by Roger Waters | ||||
| Released | 2 October 2020 (2020-10-02) | |||
| Recorded | July 2018 | |||
| Venue | Ziggo Dome Amsterdam | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 120:21 | |||
| Label | Columbia Records | |||
| Producer | Nigel Godrich | |||
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Extra tracks: (Only on the digital, DVD & Blu-Ray editions)
| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] | 35 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] | 12 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] | 23 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] | 10 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] | 15 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[12] | 33 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] | 4 |
| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[14] | 10 |
| Irish Albums (OCC)[15] | 27 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI)[16] | 5 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[17] | 24 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[18] | 15 |
| Polish Albums (ZPAV)[19] | 3 |
| Portuguese Albums (AFP)[20] | 1 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[21] | 5 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[22] | 13 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] | 6 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[24] | 9 |
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| France (SNEP)[25] video |
Gold | 5,000* |
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